Hi! New to the CD title so new here too, but hearing in another bowl the topic of creative management training/coaching has been discussed at length. Can anyone who’s actually taken a great/helpful course shout or link me to an original thread? Feeling great creatively but very behind from a people-management standpoint and trying to keep my promise to never be like the bad CDs I’ve met along the way.

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This post is great. Just the fact that you know your people management skills need work (and can admit that), as well as wanting to be better than bad CD's you yourself have had is such a good sign! It sounds like you'll be a great creative director.

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Your job is now to manage up more than down. I wish I knew that when I started. Not that I’m that senior - it’s honestly a lesson I just learned.

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I've been looking into it to, am very intrigued by this...I just think people management is not my thing :/

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